“Developing agricultural capacity within or close to urban areas like New York City has the potential to reduce food transportation costs and environmental impacts, provide economic development opportunities, and reduce disparities in healthful access that have contributed to epidemic rates of obesity and diabetes especially among low-income populations. Despite these advantages, there are challenges to establishing the viability of urban production as compared to more conventional agricultural practices, including scalability, energy efficiency, and labor costs.”
Visit site: http://admin.urbandesignlab.columbia.edu/?pid=nyc-urban-agriculture
Via Michael Levenston and the City Farmer News: http://www.cityfarmer.info/
